FOR MY GUJJU FRIENDS

This is sp for my gujjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu friends.

Valentine = Velan Time
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> > ?It is a well known fact that Gujarati men, specially the Patels,
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> > ?continually mistreat and disrespect their wives (Patlanis). One fine
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> > ?day, it happened to be the 14th day of February, one brave Patlani,
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> > ?having had enough "torture" by her husband, finally chose to rebel by
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> > ?beating him up with a Velan (rolling pin).
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> > ?Yes....the same Velan which she used daily, to make chapattis for
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> > ?him....only this time, instead of the dough, it was the husband who was
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> > ?flattened.
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> > ?This was a momentous occasion for all Gujarati women and a revolt soon
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> > ?spread, like wild fire, with thousands of housewives beating up their
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> > ?husbands with the Velan.
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> > ?There was an outburst of moaning "chapatti-ed" husbands all over Anand and
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> > ?Amdavad. The Patel men-folk quickly learnt their lesson and started to
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> > ?behave more respectfully with their Patlanis.
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> > ?Thereafter, on 14th February, every year, the womenfolk of Gujarat would
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> > ?beat up their husbands, to commemorate that eventful day.The wives having
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> > ?the satisfaction of beating up their husbands with the Velan and the men
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> > ?having the supreme joy of submitting to the will of the women they loved.
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> > ?Soon The Gujju men realised that in order to avoid this ordeal they need
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> > ?to present gifts to their wives....they brought flowers and sweetmeats.
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> > ?Hence the tradition began.
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> > ?As Gujarat fell under the influence of Western culture, that day was
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> > ?called 'Velan time' day.
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> > ?The ritual soon spread to Britain and many other Western countries,
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> > specifically, the catch words 'Velan time!'. Of course in their foreign
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> > ?tongues, it was first anglisised to 'Velantime' and then to 'Valentine'.
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> > ?And thereafter, 14th of February, came to be known as Valentine's Day! :))
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